Ispasire Online Quotes & Sayings

The problem with the contemplative life was that there was no end to contemplation, no fixed time limit after which thought had to be transformed into action. Contemplation was like sitting on a committee that seldom made recommendations and was ignored when it did, a committee that lacked even the authority to disband. — Richard Russo

Mercy, pity, and peace, Are the world's release. — William Blake

With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world. We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher. — Ajahn Chah

Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life. — Nic Pizzolatto

Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit. — Aristotle.

Once the current of awareness of the self is set afoot, it becomes everlasting and continuous by intensification. — Ramana Maharshi

I would love to be remembered as a wonderfully dynamic and multitalented actress who left a legacy through her work and through her life of helping people and of being a positive force in the world. — Keshia Knight Pulliam

I am the law." "Apparently. Heil." I click my heels together and salute. — Karen Marie Moning

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul. — Muhammad

But they held tighter to each other, past and present and future; flickering between an ancient hall in a mountain castle perched above Orynth, a bridge suspended between glass towers, and another place, perfect and strange, where they had been crafted from stardust and light. A wall of night knocked them back. But they could not be contained. The darkness paused for breath. They erupted. — Sarah J. Maas

I don't write anything that I haven't lived. In terms of integrity, you have to write what you live. And if you write beyond what you live, it is theory. And theory is not helpful. It is just not. — John Eldredge

In this world, where everything happens so fast, it's hard to sit back, take the time and contemplate. — Juliana Hatfield